Details

Subjects:

Spannocchi, Ambrosio.
Paltonibus, Antonio de.
Banks and banking -- Italy -- Siena -- History.
Banks and banking.
Italy -- Siena.
History.
Excommunication -- Catholic Church.
Siena (Italy) -- History -- 15th century.

Form/Genre:

Legal documents.
Notarial documents.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

In Latin.

Summary:

A proclamation from the papal law court dated Aug. 11, 1473, of excommunication of an insolvent debtor, Antonio de Paltonibus, who still owed 554 gold ducats of a 1342 ducat loan to Ambrosio Spannocchi (spelled Spannochi in the manuscript) and his associates, partners in a large banking firm in Siena.

Notes:

This oversize item is stored in a map drawer.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Frederick North, Earl of Guilford, and Sir Thomas Phillipps (part of ms. 6067).

Cited in:

From collection described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 163 (Ms. Lea 71).

Contributor:

North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

OCLC:

476892140